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The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1887-12-21

Not a Successful Missionary.

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Editor Mirror:
Some time ago l conceived the idea of
writing short history of my past life for
the benefit of the young men and boys of
this institution, who contemplate leading
crooked lives when they depart from this
place. thought by telling them my ex-
periences they would see the folly of hop
ing to derive anything but final wretched-
ness after pilfering little Dead-sea fruit.
l hoped to show them how slim their
chances were of evading. for any length
of time. the long arm of the law; that the
hand of every man is against the thief; that
even thieves, to save themselves. will cry
s'stop theit'' louder than the butcher or
baker, But have given up the purpose for
reasons. one of which is: Last Thanks
giving day | met young man that l love
as brother on account OF his bright, good
nature. and knowing that he was to leave
us soon. l asked him what he thought of
doing when he got out. -''Oh, l don't
know" said he; maybe can get job
shoveling fog off the lake. or something of
the kind" Now 1 understood what he
meant, and was sorry to see that he had
no good intentions, for [ love that boy, and
it would gladden. my heart to see him do
right. Having been writing on my history
the night before, was yet full of good ad-
vice, and began telling him how foolish it
would be in him to return to the same kind
of a life that had brought him to this place.
said. *, you are young man yet,
and fully capable of making a good iv-
ing by honest toll; you have good trade,
plenty of good sense and NAV yet make an
honorable name for yourself. And you
-.;' Something in his looks caused
me to stop speaking. Laying his hand on
my shoulder. and smiling good naturedly,
he said-"Rats," mo, K" said l,
II mean what say, and-." 'Oh,
come off. What's got into you? Off your
base. eh?" ''No no." said l; O."
"Oh. that's all right. Say! come round to
my cell; I've little present for you-some-
thing that will be nice to hang up IN your
CELL" and taking my arm he led me away
The little present now hangs in my cell.
and every time l look at it am reminded
of my failure as missionary. with all
his faults l love him STILL" and forgive him
the rats and all the rest, hoping he will
return to freedom resolved to do right.
regardless OF the twitting of older and
hardened associates. PHELIX.
Dec. IA, 1887,
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1887-12-21
Selected for The Mirror.


Sense and Nonsense.
Softening of the brain and hardening of
the heart are sad troubles.
Moral courage is better than arnica for a
sore conscience.
1t requires no talent to buy a jug of whs-
ky fol- two dollars and retail it for ten dol
lars.
Judge Fairness lately decided that sixty
five per cent of rumOrs are sprinkled with
falsehood.
Some queer persons have habit of lying
when the truth will answer bettet.
When Albert and Cora parteSa 'stt the gate
at g:15 Ip. M. a strange smack was heard
sounding much like cow pulling her foot
out of the mud.
Arm yourself with conNfon sense and
discretion instead of sx-shooter.
Nothing too crooked for Tightening rod
men. They are going in the reaper bust
ness, and are contemplating putting up ici-
cles to take the place OF sieles;in reapers.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1887-12-21
PRISON FUCKERS.
BY PICKLES,

BY PlCkLES.
would like to suggest to several would
be-tOugh fellows in here, that it is possible
for man to be stronger in gentleness than
in bullying buster. That it always pays
to be polite. is evidenced by the phenome-
nal success which has lately attended the
affable and courteous train-rObber-and his
persuasive revolver. No express agent or
passenger. however callOus-hearted. could
do otherwise than yield to their soft en-
treaty.
1 would like to inform the practical
joker (?) of the cellar office that oil dOsen't
mix with water any more than he himself
does. This fact was discovered before the
''watered stock" found access to my 'stu-
dent lamp" 1t is well known that this
jay clerk, with Jay Gould propensity.
only takes a bath once year, when he is
forced to dO SO, at the annual ''rOund up''
by the yard guard of such deliquents as he
He should be taught hereafter to associate
with soap. and not with kerosene Oil
Trying to be humorous in prison, is very
much like an effort to be gay at funeral
very sickly fun. Our tOmb-like inclosure
is not conducive to healthy hilarity.
There is no convenient chimney leading
out from my 7X9 boudOir, but if Santa
Claus gives the guards the slip Xmas eve.
and lands his outfit within the cold. gray
walls of our cheerlesS abode, I'll have my
capaciOus socks attached to the mouth of the
',air- hole. For stony limits cannot hold
love out" So says Shakespeare.
Said of the prison choir: They may beat
''gOod time" but "the boys' are banking
on the latter to help them ''out of the hole. :"
AprOpos of the subject of ''dress'' for
fhn iaft
would say for the edifcation of certain pros
pective swell candidates for admission to
our exclusive circle, that a recent foreign
importation from ST. Paul of cloth goods.
shows that the popular stripes are to con-
tinue as the ''prevaiing mode" The style,
however. will be relieved with occasional
suitingS of cross bars of tho same quiet
shadeS--Subdued black with. cream tinted
background. This tesselated combination
may have been borrowed" from the an
tiQue Mosaic, but it is, nevertheless, quite
fitting as emblematic of the 'checkered
career" of the wearer.
''DO convicts wear jewelry?" asks "a
young lady subscribers" No, not while on
duty, but they often come here resplendent
in glttering bracelets with the latest fam
cies in links and cute little locks-though
the miniature keys to the latter are in
trusted to the care of the escort for safe
keeping, you know. The bracelets have no
other Ornamentaton save little chasing
which they receive when the wearer at
temptS to be too conspicuous by his ab-
Sence.
Between two stools you fall to the
ground'' is an old adage. the truth of which
many man in here has learned to his sor-
row.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1887-12-21
Selected for The Mirror,
Worth Remembering.


He that does base thing in zeal for his
friend. burns the golden thread that ties
their hands together.
If we did but know how little some en-
joy the great things they possess, there
would not be much envy in the world.
Promises are as sacred as oaths.
Never think you can make yourself great
by making others less.
Count your resources. Learn what you
are not fit for, and give up wishing for it.
Learn what you can do. and do it with the
energy of a man.
Our sins. like our shadows, scarce appear
when our day is in its glory. Toward our
evening, how great and monstrous they are!
Learn to inure your principles against the
ne: IS of ridicule. You can no more exer-
C. st your reason if you live in constant dread
Of laughter, than you can enjoy your life if
| you are in constant terror of death.
Sin is never at stay. If we do not re-
treat from it. we advance in it; and the fur
ther on we 60, the further we have to come
| back.
| The first step in debt is like the first step
in fashoOd, almost making it necessary to
continue in the same course; debt following
debt, as lie follows lie. Hayden. the paint
er. dated his decline from the day on which
he first borrowed money.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1887-12-21

They;are generally good at tlattering who
are good fornothing else.
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butter, four of Parmesan cheese

butter, four of Parmesan cheese
grated, with half a teaspoonful of
cayenne pepper and four ounces
of -four. Roll it out thin, and cut
in strips of four inches in length
and lquarter of an inch in breadth
bake lightly, and serve piled high
in alternate rows on a dish.
Fresh vegetables are best cook
ed in boiling water and sailed
when half done. Dried vegetables
ought to be soaked, sometimes
twelve hours or more, as is the
case with beans and peas. Roots
or tubers need pairing or scraping
and soaking a couple of hours be-
fore theyare put on to cook, espe-
cially in the latter part of the win
ter when they have become wilt
ed.
Many vegetables, like cabbage
and squash, are better steamed
than boiled; they furnish their
own juices and are richer without
contact with water. When boiled
the less water used the better; if
kept tightly covered and cooked
quickly, no additional water will
be needed. 1t must always be
boilingi if more is necessary, but
even the vegetables soak up por-
ton of the wateribefore boiling be-
gins anew.
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Notice of Special Election.

Notice is hereby given that a
special election, will be held in
Morrow Township, Adair county,
Missouri, at the usual place of vot-
ing in said township, on Saturday,
August 18th, 1887, to determine
the question whether swine and
sheep shall be restrained from
running at large in said township.
There shall be written or printed
on each ballot voted at said cleo
ton either of the following senten-
ces: "For enforcing the law re-
straining swine and sheep from
running at large" Against en-
forcing the law restraining swine
and sheep from running at large"
Such election shall be governed in
all respects, by the laws applicable
to general elections for state and
county purposes.
BY order of the county court.
S. S. MCLAUGHLIN, Clerk.
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Brace Up.

You are feeling depressed, your
appetite is poor, you are bothered
with Headaches, you are fidgetty,
nervous, and generally out of sorts,
and want to brace up. Brace up,
but not with stimulents, spring
medicines, or bittiers, which have
for their basis very cheap, bad
whiskey, and which stimulate you
for an hour, and leave you in worse
condition than before. What
you want is an Alternative that will
purify your blood, start healthy
action of Liver and Kidneys,
restore your vitality, and
give renewed health and strength.
such a medicine you will find in
Electric Bittiers, and only so cents
a bottle at j. G. Jamison's Drug
Store.
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In the Kitchen.

Hucklebery Pudding.-Three
pints of flour, one of sweet milk,
one of berries, one teacupful of
of sugar, one half cup
of butter, and three teaspoonfuls
of baking powder. Bake about
forty minutes; eat with any kind
of sauce.
Baked Indian Pudding.-Boil
two cups of corn meal in quart
of water till it is almost like hasty
pudding. Add one tablespoon
full of butter, two cups of sugar,
three eggs, and spice according to
taste. Bake one hour in slow
oven.
Cream kusks-One pint of
warm water, one tea cup of sugar,
one teacup of rich cream, one
coffee cup of yeast, -four to make
stiff batter. Let rise over night,
work down several times; when
ready to bake roll out and cut in
small round cakes, put in creased
pans, when light bake and sprinkle
with sugar.
Floating Island of Fresh Rasp-
berries. a pint of very
ripe red raspberries with a gill of
sugar; beat the whites of four eggs
to a stiff froth, and add gradually
a gill ofpowdered sugar; press the
raspberries through a strainer to
avoid the seeds; and by degrees
beat in the juice with the froth-
ing eggs until it stands in peaks.
Serve with a custard of the yolks
of eggs.
Cheese Straws.-Four ounces OF
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Their Business Booming.


Probably no one thing has
caused such general revival of
trade at j. G. Jamison,s Drug
Store as their giving away to their
customers of go many trial bottles
of DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption. Their trade is
simply enormous in this very val
liable article from the fact that it
always cures and never disappoints
Coughs, Colds Asthma, Bronchitis,
Group, and all throat and lung
disease quickly cured. You ca n
test it before buying by getting a
trial bottle free, large size 81.
Every bottle warranted.
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FARM DAIRY AND HOUSEHOLD.
GLEANlNGS.

Young turkeys do not thrive in
confinement. Wandering about
seems necessary for their develop
ment Damp is fatal to them.
They should be kept fastened up
till the early dew is off, and then
allowed to roam. Chopped Green
food, especially onion tops, mixed
with soaked bread, &C, will make
them thrive.
Shade is indispensable for the
raising of young chicks. Where
the mother hens are allowed free
range, one of the best shades can
be formed by planting a few
pumpkin seed in hills, here and
there. The plants will grow rapid
ly, and during the hot days both
hen and chickens will take advant-
age of the shade given by the
broad leaves.
Wearing a wet cloth or a cab
bage leaf in the crown of the straw
hat, is useful in keeping the head
cool. Avoid drinking much ice
water. Tea, moderately cooled with
ice, is most acceptable drink, as
is "Switchell," New England
name for molasses and water,
made pleasantly acid with vinegar
and sufficient ginger added to give
it slight pungency. Let it be
only moderately iced. Either of
these will allay thirst better than
ice-water, and more safely, but
may also be taken in too large
quantities.
Last fall a green looking worm
ate up most of the late cabbage.
1t was a rare thing that patch
escaped. Visiting friend, says 3
writer, l noticed that they had the
finest kind of cabbage heads. Up
on being asked how it happened
that they had such nice cabbages,
while other folks were all destroy
ed by the worms, the lady replied
that she noticed the worms were
eating theirs and took common
table salt and sprinkled them
quite freely, that it seemed to rust
or burn the plants a little at first,
but the worms quit at once, the
cabbage soon recovered, and made
the best crop they had had for ten
years.
There is a growing tendency to
give hogs more geen feed than
formerly. Because hogs are kept
in the pen, or not given wide
rage, is no reason why they should
not have plenty of green feed.
They can be soiled as we'll as cat
tie, and will relish all kinds of
green feed that may be thrown to
them. Peas and oats, put in early,
make an excellent soiling crop for
hogs, and are of the right kind to
put on muscle and promote growth.
Corn properly grown may follow
these. The corn should reach the
milk stage before being fed to the
hogs, as it then has accumulated
all the gums, sugars and starches
for the production of full crop
of grain. By planting at different
dates they may be kept in full
supply of green corn from the
middle of July or first of August
until the frost comes. The same
is true of peas and oats.
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The Garden.

During the haying season the
farmer to often neglects his garden
to degree that causes it to be
over run with weeds by the first
week in August. This not only
spoils the beauty of the garden
but it very much reduces the guam
tity, and Injuries the quality Of the
products, and if it is finally clear
ed out it increases the labor, for it
does not require half as much
time to keep a garden clean all the
time as it does to neglect it part of
the time, letting the weeds get
large, and then trying 10 clean
them out. When the weeds in a
garden get large it is not a very
easy task to kill them; unless the
weather be very hot and dry it is
necessary to gather up all of the
large weeds and carry them out of
the garden; this is very slow work,
and if the weeds are very plenty
it will require more time than It
would to keep the garden clean
the entire season, if the work be
done when it ought to be.
Few crops are more difficult to
keep clean than peas, so as rule
when the crop is gathered the
rows will be full of half grown
weeds that should at once be
destroyed to prevent them from
ripening their seed. When no
crop is to follow the peas there is
great temptation to leave the
vines to dry up, and the weeds to
ripen their seed, to the great an
noyance of the gardener the next
season. The best way is to clear
the ground as soon as the peas are
all gathered, and plant some late
crop that will mature when plant
ed as late as the first of August;
by SO doing, even though the crop
is of but little value, it will result
in economy of time, if the land is
to be kept clean of weeds and u.s.
ed for a few years for garden.
By the thorough cultivation of the
late crop until September, it gives
but little chance for weed seeds
to ripen.
A garden that is once cleared of
weed seed can be kept free from
weeds in one half the time that it
requires to keep an ordinary soil
clean of weeds.
All crops that do not fully cover
the surface of the ground around
them, should be frequently cult
waited during dry weather; this will
prevent the surface from crusting
over, and will enable the soil to
more readily draw up the moisture
from below. This was not fully
understood by our fathers. Fifty
years ago the rule was to stop hoe
ing when the ground became SO
dry that it would bake, because it
was thought it would dry the land
to that degree that the crop would
be destroyed. At the present time
most of the farmers believe in the
frequent stirring of the soil during
hot, dry weather, among those
crops which do not cover more
than two thirds of the surface of
the ground.
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Horses in Summer

The hot weather is as exacting
upon horse as upon man. The
nervous system of horse is quite
as excitable as that of a person,
and the hot sun has a very great
effect upon the nervous system,
which is centred in the brain and
spine. The head and neck are
the more susceptible part of the
body, and horse should be pro-
tected by covering from the
action of the intense heat upon
these organs. A very simple
affair will secure this. A twig
bent over the head, and fastened
to the strap loops of the bride
supports sort of hood made of
light wires, which projects back
ward over the neck. This is cover
ed with white cotton cloth, and q
loose flap lies upon the neck, pro-
tecting this and ears from flies,
but gives the freest passage to the
wind under it.
A white linen sheet over the
back loosely fastened to the
harness with large tassels at the
front corners to dangle about the
forelegs will be most effective
safeguard against flies, and tho
damaging bot fly especially. Bots
are injurious when in large
numbers, and are disagreeable
anyhow. They are easily kept in
check, and may be exterminated
if every owner of horses would
wipe off the eggs when the horses
come in, with sponge moistened
with kerosene oil. The legs and
shoulders should be wiped with
such sponge before taking the
horses out to work.
Feed should be cooling this
hot season. Bran and oats ground
are not SO heating as corn; and
green fodder carried to the barn
is better than compelling tired
horses to work for their supper
half the night.
Keep the barn clean and the
floor washed with water and a
little carbolic acid, and then
sprinkle with plaster. The strong
odor of the stables encourages the
pernicious stable flies which keep
the horses kicking all the night.
Have the doors and windows of
the stable protected with wire
gauze or mosquito net frames to
keep out flies, and use buhach
plentifully. 1t will pay well in
the saving of horses flesh and the
better work done
Carry water to the field for the
horses and give the tired beasts q
minutes rest and a drink every two
hours. This will be also gain
in the work.
Whenever it is possible give
the horses a bath, swim if it can
be had, if not take them to the
creek and dash wafer over them
and then brush them off well with
a scrub brush; the boys will be
delighted with the fun and the
horses equally so.
Bran mashes are nutritious,
laxative, healthful, and cheap
summer food for all horse stock.
Don't forget daily allowance of
salt of at least an ounce given in
the feed or on the green fodder; it
is sure preventive of collie and
bloating. Never give fermented
or sour food to q horse. Think at
times what can be done for the
comfort and happiness Of these
lovable animals.
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SALESMAN

rs oldest, largest and sss know Nurser-
iein the west. Permanent position; good pay
P PRias STARK NURSERIES L SIisnS.i,
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Don't Hesitate.

Come to day and buy a bottle OF
Holland Ague Relief, tits the finest
tonic known to the medical pro-
fession for all family purposes.
Chilly senatlons and aching bones
are indications eff malaria and if
not attended to you may have a
severe attack of fever and for jaun-
dice it has never been equaled,
Price only so cents. J. G. Jamison
sells Holland Remedies.
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When two young people start
out in life together with nothing
but a determination to succeed,
not carrying the candle near the
gunpowder, sympathetic with each
others employments, willing to
live on small means until they get
large facilities, that is a royal mar
rage. 1t is so set down in the
heavenly archives and the orange
blossoms will wither on neither
side ofthe grave.-Ex.
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W0RKiNG CLASSES ATTENTION

We are now prepared to furnish all classes
with employment at home, the whole of the
time, or for their spare moments Businesy
new, light and profitable. Persons of either
sex easily earn from 30 cents to S. 90 per even
ing and proportional sum by devoting all the
thine to the business. Boys and girls earn nearly
as much as men That all who Sc
this may send their address and test the buis
ness, we make this offer. To such as are no
well satisfied we will send one dollar to pay
for the trouble Of writing: full particulars an
Quilt free; Address GEORGE STISsoS & Co
Main.
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X. ALI competitors are expected
to add any information not laid
down in these rules that will be of
value to the public.
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The Largest Gland.

Of the body is the Liver and
the one most neglected. Holland
Kidney and Liver Regulator is the
best remedy known for Bilious
ness, Dyspepsia, Indigestion and
sll Liver Complaints. Sold by
j G. Jamison.
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IT Is USELESS.

To suffer with Neuralgia o,
Rheumatism. Holland Balm
cures Rheumatism in from 5 to Z
days; cures Neuralgia in five min.
utes; for bites of insects, and fol
frost bites it never was excelled
Price so cents. For sale by J. G
Jamison.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-08-04
Rather an Exaggerated Type.

The German, the Frenchman, the Eng
lishman, would not like to be taken for
anything else; why should the American?
l don't know, but it is so. | have never
seen more than two or three Americans in
Europe of whom was able to believe that
they would not be secretly pleased to be
mistaken for Englishmen. Very often,
indeed, have had young men approach
me in conversation in continental hotels or
cars and coniide to me in the purest Chi
cago or St. Louis idiom that they were
English. One of these, remember, re-
fugee in Paris from the earthquake panic
on the Riviera last winter, gravely an
swered me, when asked him what part
of England he came from, "The county
of Berkshire" OF course this sort of
young fool is familiar in America, and his
folly is properly commented upon. But
he is after all only an exaggerated type of
the great average mass of Americans who
swarm over the continent during the opera
season London Cor. New York Times.